Paradise Forever

The great Hanbali scholar of the 7th century hijri mentions in his work titled Al-Kusoo’a  fi Al-Salah a priceless gem of advice:

It is obligatory on any one intending to pray, to free his heart – according to his best ability- from those worldly things that occupy him and whatever is related to those things before  entering  the prayer. When a matter becomes important to you, your heart automatically becomes engaged in it automatically. There is no cure to remove ones heart from such [worldly] matters except by turning ones attention towards the importance of the prayer. The level of turning one’s attention [towards prayer] varies according to the strength and weakness of one’s faith in the hereafter, and their level of disdain for worldly life.

Thus, whenever you see that your heart is not present in prayer, then know that the reason is due to weakness in faith [Iman] and so it is obligatory on you to strive towards reviving it.

The following is a defence of the Ash'ari school by one of the foremost scholars of Hadith and Fiqh in Makkah at the moment - Shaikh Sayyid Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki al-Makki.

Shaykh Muhammad 'Alawi Maliki: "Many sons/daughters of Muslims are ignorant of the Ash'ari School, whom it represents, and its positions on the tenets of the Islamic faith (aqidah), and yet some of them are not God-fearing enough to refrain from accusing it of deviance, departure from the religion of Islam, and heresy about the attributes of Allah. The ignorance of the Ash'ari school is a cause of rendering the unity of the Ahl al-Sunnah dispersing its ranks. Some have gone as far as to consider the Ash'aris among the categories of heretical sects, though it is beyond me how believers can be linked with misbelievers, or how Sunni Muslims can be considered equal with the most extreme faction of the Mu'tazilites, the Jahmites.

"Shall We deal with Muslims as We do criminals? How is it that you judge?" [Qur'an 68:35-36]

Asalaam Alaikum,

In light of the arrests of the “Toronto18” and many individuals in the Muslim Community who hold deviant views of Islam the P4E started openly offering an opportunity for “Misguided Muslims” to participate in a program in which we work through their misinterpretations of Islam.

Masjid Al Noor started advocating publicly for a “Theological Detox” and involved several Community Leaders from the G.T.A.

Keeping in mind that since 2005, Muhammad Robert Heft was already active against “Do it yourself Islam” and several of the “Toronto 18” had been engaged prior to the arrests, it seemed only Natural as our Organization grew to adopt an official program.

P4E has helped many Brothers renounce their prior deviant views and by the Grace of Allah they are much more balanced in there approached to society.

The P4E operates independently from other Organizations but cooperates with other Organizations who share the same goals. Masjid Al Noor is focused on “Criminal Intervention” and Al Sunnah Society of Canada has its own “Theological program” in Mississauga.

Our program consists of three major components